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Newspaper

Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 10, 1940

Page

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Jones Promotion Brings Rumors of Candidates

Rep Marvin Jones of Amarillo was named to the U S Court of Claims, a 12000 dollar yearly lifetime post. The move sparks rumors on who will seek Jones seat with Deskins Wells James O Cade Louis Goodrich and others named as potential contenders in the Panhandle.

Lewis T. Nordyke Panhandle Marvin Jones Amarillo U. S. Court of Claims Jones Deskins Wells Wellington James O. Cade Louis Goodrich Shamrock John Deaver Mphis Deaver Curtis Douglass State Senate Ross Rogers E. T Dusty) Miller Clint Small House Committee On Agriculture Congress Adidates Mr. Jones Matador Senate Governor O'Daniel's Alley U. S America North Carolina Valley View Cooke County Joe Bailey Southwestern University Eall University of Texas James Young Texas Committee On Agriculture John N. Garner Court of Claims U. S. Supreme Court Congress Must Be Obtained. Mr. Jones House Agricultural Committee Rep Hamph Fulmer South

FDR Triumphs in Illinois Democratic Primary Over Garner

Franklin D. Roosevelt crushed John Nance Garner in Illinois with about five to one support. Returns show Roosevelt 208,626 to Garner 38,314 from 1,561 of 8,336 precincts. Dewey leads Republicans with 131,621 from 1,667 precincts. Slattery leads Adamsowski 153,255 to 101,653 for Senate. Hershey tops Stelle 168,032 to 87,334 for Governor. Canadian move to block Norwegian and Danish funds from German hands pending clarity.

Associated Press Franklin D. Roosevelt John Nance Illinois Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey Dewey Chicago Julius Smietanka Illinois Garner Forces Garner Edward J.kelly P. A. Nash Harry B. Hershey Taylorville John Stelle Hershey Stelle United States James M. Slattery Benjamin Adamowski

Weather Summary for Amarillo and Surrounding Areas

Weather outlook shows Wednesday partly cloudy and warmer with fair conditions statewide in West Texas and New Mexico. Cooler in Pecos Valley, forecasts indicate mild Tuesday night temperatures with yesterday's highs and lows noted and a trace of precipitation of .01 inch in the 24 hours through 4 PM yesterday.

Amarillo West Texas New Mexico Pecos Valley

Nazi Torpedoes Claim 540 Lives and Navarsk Capture

Washington reports German torpedoes and a Norway Denmark crisis as Roosevelt weighs neutrality act actions. Danube policing, Iceland and Greenland strategic concerns rise while Marshall warns of wartime production boosts. Belgrade notes German troop moves and river police pressures on Hungary Romania and Bulgaria amid widening conflict.

Navarsk Washington Roosevelt Germany Scandinavia Norway Denmark White House Hull Sumner Welles Louis Johnson Europe United States Army George C. Marshall Army Congress United States Hemisphere England North Atlantic Iceland Greenland Belfast Maine Copenhagen Greenwich Belgrade Danube Black Sea Rumania Yugoslavia Bulgaria Hungary Reich Bruck Budapest-Vienna Krakow Poland Berlin Carpathian Mountains Weygand Maxine Weygand Near East Paris Bbirut Italy Aegean Sea Dardanelles Turkey League of Nations

Norse theater opens as German sea war expands

Reports say the 9000-ton German steamer Amasis was torpedoed off Sweden with possible reach to the Kattegat. Rumors of the Gneisenau sunk circulate while German bombs threaten Scapa Flow. Britain weighs a Norwegian expedition as Norway falls to German forces and Oslo changes hands.

Sweden Kattegat Denmark Gneisenau Germany Bremen Associated Press CBS New York Scapa Flow Scandinavian Norway England Reuters Jaemtlands Trondheim Britain Finland Chamberlain House of Commons London France Adolf Hitler Navarsk Bergen Stavanger Kristian Sund Oslo Kristiansund Balkans Scandinavia Europe Oslo Fjord Kreta Faerdal Lesoe Arendal Rio de Janeiro Lillesand Stettin Swinemuende Stralsund Copenhagen Et Ek

Dick Martin Launches Air Series in Popular Aviation

Globe News aviation editor Richard Dick Martin writes a four part series for Popular Aviation. The first piece covers 115 Octane gasoline production at the Phillips Berger plant. Other features profile Harold Hawk of Perryton and a blizzard rescuer in a homemade plane and Roy McGuire of Amarillo with a tiny automatic pilot.

AirOther Uiece Big Time Popular Aviation Roy McGuire Amarillo New York Martin Sportsman Central America Willis Harrison Globe

Amarilloan Named Head of Plain Medical Society

Amarilloan rises to lead Plain Medical Society amid shifting regional health concerns. The move coincides with ongoing wartime shifts in national health policy and professional organization activity in the era.

Amarilloan Plain Medical Society Scandinavia U. S Los Angeles Denmark Berlin U.S Shamrock Plains Globe-News Cooking School Texas Kansas City Mexico

Net result summary of German invasion dominance described

The piece outlines Nazi occupation across Europe, detailing Hitler’s control over 80 million Germans and 14 million Poles, 7 million Czechs, 5 million Slovaks, and guarantees to Norway and Denmark of immunity from carnage. It notes rulers and royals from Denmark and Norway surviving under this protection as the narrative narrative unfolds.

Hitler Konstantin von Neurath Norway Denmark Christian Haakon Elxandrine Frederik Olav

Senate Appropriations Reinstates Panama Canal Start

Senate appropriations committee revived the civil functions bill and Roosevelt’s call for 15 million dollars to begin immediate construction on a third set of locks for the Panama Canal. The move signals renewed funding and activity in the wartime canal expansion project.

Washington Senate Appropriations Committee War Department Roosevelt Panama Canal

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H. K. Jones Lucerne Apartments Earl Jeff Neeley Amagillo Fdr Canada Ottawa North Sea Moss Hamar Vidkun Quisling Johan Nygaarsvold Elverum Royal Flood Norwegian Baltic Illesand Kiel “Pont Hamburg Stett Dick Martin
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